Word: forger
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...from Elba, etc. The sentences are short, sometimes overbearing, sometimes modest-a perfect tally with Napoleon's character. If the manuscript is a forgery-this is unlikely, for, as the translator remarks, Napoleon "went out of his way" to disavow it-it is only possible to congratulate the forger on his vicarious cerebrations...
...Likeness of Elizabeth deals with the forgery of a painting by Holbein. The sham is detected by one of the forger's best friends...
Leavitt and Peirce's only had three real forgeries last year. One of these checks was for $7.00, another for $2.10, and the largest, for $27.50. The forger who cashed this last check also got $40.00 from the Harvard Cooperative Society, $25.00 from August's, and $38.00 from John H. Derby, Inc. The forger used the name of a student who was in good financial standing...
Bismarck R. Pinchback, namesake of Otto Edward Leopold, Empire-forger, died last week. He had the distinction of being the son of the only Negro who ever acted as Governor of Louisiana. His father, Pinckney Benton Stewart, as President of the State Senate and Lieutenant Governor, ruled Louisiana for two months (December 1872 through January 1873) during the impeachment trial of Governor Henry Clay Warmoth. It was at the time of the carpet-bagger-scalawag régime, when President Grant was maintaining a Republican state government in power by force of arms. Histories call Pinchback a good...
...Freshmen held their own effectively against the opposing runners. Then, in the 220 yard lap, the Crimson chances seemed completely shattered, when Miller pulled a tendon early in his sprint and was forced to hobble around the track for 180 yards, while the runners for Boston College and Yale forger far ahead. Starting with this tremendous handicap, Baggorty, the Freshman anchor man, began to cut down this lead from the time he took up the baton for the mile run. It seemed a hopeless task. But at the start of the last lap he uncorked a terrific sprint which enabled...